Sold more retail “big ticket” items “one at a time” than any other salesperson in any retail industry including houses, boats, motor homes, insurance, automobiles, etc.Audited by the Accounting Firm of Deloitte & Touche, audit available on request.

No matter what you do, if you want to stay ahead in the game, always tell the truth. The old saying “TELL THE TRUTH AND YOU’LL NEVER GET CAUGHT” is the simplest advice I can give anyone. If you want to sleep well at night each day of your life with no regrets, nothing willContinue Reading

No one has any more or less time than you have. The president of the United States has exactly the same number of hours in a day as the man on the street. We all have 1,440 minutes in a 24 hour day. How much of your time today was wasted? It’s important to identifyContinue Reading

The image that instantly comes to mind when most people think about controlling the sale is one that portrays manipulation and intimidation. I shudder when I think there are salespeople out there using selling techniques that dictate mistreating customers. What’s more, I can’t imagine anyone actually getting away with it. Customers should be cherished. However,Continue Reading

When a customer drives into the service department with a genuine lemon, it can take me and my people a lot of time and energy making phone calls and finding the places to exert pressure to make that car right. I take care of customers who have problems. I don’t make a customer pay moreContinue Reading

Dressing the part may seem like something people who want to get ahead in this world would do instinctively. You would think so. But that’s not the case, especially today. When it comes to appearance, we live in a very freethinking and individualistic “anything goes” society. Even though some of you may think I clingContinue Reading

Before you can sell your product to somebody else, you must be 100% sold on it yourself. Otherwise, you can’t sell with conviction, and no matter how much you try to fake it, people will see right through you. Conviction comes when salespeople believe so strongly in the value of their product that their singleContinue Reading

LEARN TO LISTEN is the best advice I can give a young salesperson just starting out. And it’s also good advice for those who have made a lifetime career of selling. If you sell a product or service you still must keep in mind that what you are really selling is YOU. I found outContinue Reading

With many salespeople the sale is finished the moment the deal is closed. Nothing could be further from the truth. That’s when the sale really begins. A salesperson-customer relationship should be a long term marriage. Repeat business is what adds up to success. This is as true of selling furniture or insurance or real estateContinue Reading

We’ve seen it happen before. Something looks like a sure thing—it just can’t lose, no way no how, it’s in the bag, a slam-dunk. And then suddenly it’s gone—it’s lost. The worst nightmare realized in full living truth. What was supposed to be an almost forgone conclusion ends in shocking disbelief. How can that be?Continue Reading

I think it’s vital for you to know that you’re unique. Once you do, you’ll realize how much of a difference you make in determining whether the prospect buys your product. Let’s face it; we each have a monopoly on our own unique combinations of attributes. No matter what you sell, you make a difference.Continue Reading